Private Investigator Alice Vega is asked to help investigate the deaths of two Jane Does, for a very specific reason. Negotiating a pay boost which includes the use of her on-again, off-again partner, Max Caplan, Alice soon realizes that everything is not as it appears at first glance. Will her no-holds-barred style of investigation and interrogation put both Alice and Cap in danger?
I liked the first novel featuring these characters more, as The Janes really did not add more to the development of either Jane or Cap. Coupled with a jumbled mess of a story, with multiple hot-button issues that are all too common in police procedural books as of late, I barely slogged through the novel. Alice's vigilante style of justice is already wearing thin, especially considering how unrealistic her actions are in comparison to her real world counterparts. The novel went to places that I expected and nothing was really a surprise. Overall, The Janes was a missed opportunity to develop Alice Vega and Max Caplan more, so I hesitate to recommend the novel to other readers.